Study, Conservation and Restoration of the Painéis de São Vicente (St. Vincent Panels)

Study, Conservation and Restoration of the Painéis de São Vicente (St. Vincent Panels)

The study, conservation and restoration project for the Painéis de São Vicente Panels (St. Vincent Panels) is the result of a patronage protocol, for three years, from 2020 to 2022, signed between the MNAA, the Grupo de Amigos do MNAA, DGPC and Fundação Millennium bcp.

In addition to the participation of the MNAA team of conservators-restorers, this project includes two elements specifically contracted for this intervention, with technical support from the Laboratório José de Figueiredo and the Laboratório Hércules of the University of Évora.

Reinforcing the team, there is also a group of international consultants that includes conservators-restorers and art historians from the University of Ghent (Belgium), from the Central Institute of Restoration of Belgium, from the National Gallery in London (United Kingdom), from the Metropolitan Museum of Art (USA) and the Museo Nacional del Prado (Spain).

Since late June, and despite the public nature of the restoration, the visitors can witness the restoration live behind glass in the Museum, the restorers are not permanently present in the workplace.